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In this episode of Killing the Fat Man—called “This Is Your Future”—we catch up with Gary, the father of original “fat man” who’s now behind the camera.

Roberts the elder just turned 68 and has had triple-bypass surgery, aortic valve replacement and pacemaker implantation. Since his son got him started on CrossFit six weeks earlier, he’s been training with Anthony Edgerton at CrossFit Stumptown in Portland, Ore.

The physical aspects of CrossFit are obvious: you have to learn how to squat, press and deadlift. But there’s far more to CrossFit than barbells and box jumps. The mental aspect of high-intensity fitness is incredibly important, and weakness in the brain and heart of an athlete will… Continue Reading

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I recently heard a bit of wisdom that has the possibility to change my outlook on my CrossFit experience: there is great value in losing. It was an Oprah-defined ah-ha moment that happened on a random Tuesday afternoon in September in a conference room.

I was attending an internal company presentation on winning multi-market accounts. One of the senior executives was… Continue Reading

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About four years ago, Denise Thomas was working out at a sports performance center in New York. There, she did sprint mechanics and what she thought was Olympic weightlifting.

“This guy would always come in the gym and he was like this big dude and I was just like, ‘What’s his deal?’” Thomas recounts. “And one day he comes in and his hands are bandaged up and he’s doing pull-ups. And I’m like, ‘What the hell is he doing?’”

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Can you get stronger during your sport’s season? Bill Starr says yes and tells you how to do it.

Strength training currently plays a critical role at every level of athletics, from junior high schools to the professional ranks. Yet, some of us who have been associated with strength training for some time recall all too vividly that this was not always the case.

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